Florida Center for Community Design and Research

Prioritizing Habitat Restoration Goals in the Tampa Bay Watershed

This report summarizes ecological, hydrological, econometric and GIS analyses of freshwater wetland habitats in the Tampa Bay Estuary Program's study area. It maps historical changes from 1950-2007, identifies changes in quality and function of wetland habitats, describes tools developed to assess wetland quality, and describes the results obtained by using the assessment tools. Econometric modeling was employed to assess economic viability of future restoration/mitigation/preservation targets.

Florida Center for Community Design and Research Public Opinion Poll of Tampa Bay Single Family Households Research

This report summarizes market research performed in three cities, Tampa, St. Petersburg, and New Port Richey, to provide a scientifically valid and comprehensive assessment of the opinions of heads of households in the three-county area (Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Pasco Counties), about important water conservation programs and issues that affect these residents.

The House That Students Built

Article published in the Spring/Summer of 2010 in the USF Magazine recognizing the graduate students Design/Build program.

Use of Side-scanning Sonar Equipment to Image Physical Impacts of Recreational Boating on Seagrass Beds in Cockroach Bay, Florida

Project report describing the equipment, procedures, benefits, and limitations of a technique to add side-scanning sonar during bathymetry collection to detect and map seagrass scars in Cockroach Bay, in Lower Tampa Bay.

A Report on the City of Tampa’s Existing and Possible Urban Tree Canopy

The analysis of Tampa’s existing and possible urban tree canopy was completed as a follow-up to the City of Tampa Urban Ecological Analysis conducted in 2006-2007. Our goal was to leverage the high resolution geospatial datasets developed during the Urban Ecological Analysis to compute UTC metrics at the parcel level and summarize this information both by land use and by spatial distribution.

City of Tampa Urban Ecological Analysis 2006-2007: Final Report to the City of Tampa, April 24, 2008.

Through a collaborative effort that involved the University of Florida, the University of South Florida, and the Hillsborough County Extension, an extensive inventory of Tampa’s urban forest was undertaken and analyzed during 2007. The inventory provided baseline information on location, composition, structure, and health while the analysis determined ecological function and economic value.

A Guide to Historic Architectural Resources and History Presentation in Unincorporated Hillsborough County

Park Street Business District Plan

The Park Street Business District Plan was completed as a streetscape and commercial area improvement plan for the western end of Central Avenue.

Tampa Shoreline Restoration Initiative

This document is meant to serve as a guide to prioritizing and targeting resources to restore the shoreline owned by Tampa's citizens through the City park system.

Final Summary Report for Florida Community Indicator Index

Document that provides final summary report on community indicators for Tampa Bay area.

Sulphur Springs Community Mapping

This document includes statistics about the neighborhood, as well as maps of the neighborhood environment, key points of interest and neighborhood assets for Sulphur Springs, a neighborhood in Tampa, Florida.

Maintenance and Operations Administrative Guidelines for School Districts and Community

The Florida Department of Education and the state's public school districts and community colleges consider well-maintained and efficiently-operated school facilities as a major contributor to the quality public education throughout the state.

University Community Area Master Plan Addendum A

This addendum provides additional information and recommendations related to the 1997 University Community Area Master Plan.

Hillsborough Today: 2000

The purpose of this document, like an earlier edition published in 1997, is to provide the citizens and stakeholders of Hillsborough County with a series of benchmarks that help to reveal our current state of affairs.

City of Tampa Urban Ecological Analysis 1975-1996

The Urban Ecological Analysis quantified how Tampa's tree canopy has changed over time, modeled the effects of the forest on the local ecology, and assessed the economic impact of the forest.

Community Assest Inventory of Pinellas County

In an effort to build resiliency and capacity within individuals, families, and communities, the (JWB) Juvenile Welfare Board was interested in developing an inventory of what is present in the community in terms of youth and family-oriented asset-based activities.

Hillsborough Tomorrow Benchmark Report

This report has been created to assist the people of Hillsborough County in the Hillsborough Tomorrow visioning process. It contains indicators, benchmarks, and side by side comparisons of many facets of our county and its residents.

University Community Area: Master Plan for Physical Revitalization

This document outlines a plan for revitalizing the University Community Area neighborhood in Hillsborough County, Florida.

South Fort Harrison Study Report

The South Fort Harrison study area has significant potential for redevelopment if certain impediments, primarily rigid zoning laws, are loosened and the natural assets it possesses are seized upon and successfully marketed.

Stormwater Management and A Community Design

This report describes important concepts and a holistic approach concerning stormwater management and community design in Florida.

North-South Greenwood Residential Infill Study

The Florida Center for Community Design and Research undertook the study described herein at the request of the City of Clearwater's Economic Development Department.

Affordable Housing Site Intitial Analysis and Feasibility Study

This report summarizes an intial anaylsis and feasibility study prepared by the Florida Center for Community Design and Research for the Clearwater Housing Authority of a 26 acre parcel of land.

Crescent Lake Neighborhood Plan

In 1990, the Planning Committee defined five elements that would structure the body of the Neighborhood Plan.

North Greenwood Commercial District and Economic Development Opportunities

This report documents a neighborhood Commercial District study conducted by the Florida Center for Community Design and Research for the City of Clearwater's Economic Development Department.

A Demonstration Urban Design Plan for the Westshore Business District

The document demonstrates a potential urban design plan for the Westshore Business District.

Impact of Community Design on Transportation

The document summarizes a nine-month project in which the Florida Center for Community Design and Research explored the relationships between community form, function and character, and systems of transportation.

Integrating Community Design and Transportation- Bibliography

Overtown Community Redevelopment Plan - Final Report Part II

With the emergence of Miami as an international cultural and commercial center and the construction of the Dade County Rapid Transit System (Metrorail), the central area of Miami has become the "lynch pin" for future economic growth prospects in Metropolitan Dade County.

Overtown CRP - Action Program Study - Overtown Partnership Community Action Program Agenda

This report--the Overtown Partnership and Community Action Program Agenda--forms an integral part of work produced in an 18-month Overtown Community Redevelopment Plan and Action Program Study conducted during 1991-1993 by the Overtown Advisory Board, Inc. (OAB) under a $100,000 federal CDBG Program grant from the City of Miami.

Overtown CRP Executive Summary

This report provides an overview and summary of the final conclusion and recommendations generated by the Overtown Community Redevelopment Plan and Action Program Study, an 18-moth research and planning process sponsored by the Overtown Advisory Board, Inc., with funding support from the City of Miami.

Overtown CRP Implementation- Fiscal Impact Report

This is Part II of a 3-part final presentation to support the review and adoption of a proposed Overtown Community Redevelopment Plan by the governing bodies of Metropolitan Dade County and the City of Miami.

Safe Schools Design Guidelines

This document examines the use of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) guidelines in designing or re-designing Florida's Schools in terms of life-safety, educational policy or intent, costs and overall educational environment.

Stormwater management and A Community Design-Literature Survey Draft

The Use of Relocated Classrooms in the Public School Districts of Florida

The comprehensive study examines the current use of manufactured relocated (portable) classrooms in the public school district of Florida to determine whether their use is indeed a cost efficient and educationally effective and safe means of handling short=term accomodation needs.

Westshore Plaza Expansion Study

Westshore Plaza Expansion

Campus Planning

Studies of the Tampa campus of the University of South Florida in an Urban Design Workshop.

Overtown Community Redevelopment Plan and Action Program Study - Marketing and Community

This volume of the Overtown Community Redevelopment Plan has two prinicipal objectives; identifying the market potential for residental and non-residential redevelopment within the Overtown study area; and assessing this special community's broader urban development needs.

Polk County Affordable Housing and Neighborhood Action Program

The Florida Center for Urban Design and Research, a public service research institute of the University of South Florida (USF), is prepared to conduct an action-oriented research and development study on behalf of Polk County's efforts to develop affordable housing and address existing substandard housing and neighborhood conditions.

Adoption Components for the Lake Placid Comprehensive Plan

The Lake Placid Comprehensive Plan has been prepared in conformance with Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, as revised, and Florida Adminstrative Rule 9J-5.

Downtown Riverfront and Arts Development Options Project - Tampa, FL

The Hillsborough River and historic landmarks, cultural institutions, and parks currently lining its banks are extremely important but under appreciated assets within Tampa's Downtown Central Business District.

Farm Workers Housing Wimauma Homes

WIMAUMA HOMES, the subject of the SAIL Program financing application, is a 26-unit multi-family rental project which is under development by the Hillsborough Rural Community Development Corporation (HRCDC).

Sarasota Tamiami Trail

This book presents the results of four month's work undertaken in the Fall of 1990 by four graduate architecture students and two professors from the FAMU/USF Master of Architecture Program in Tampa, Florida.

Support Documents For the Lake Placid Comprehensive Plan

The Town of Lake Placid is located in the southern portion of Central Florida in an area that is characterized by unique rolling terrain and an abundance of natural inland fresh water lakes. Georaphically, Lake Placid is located midway between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico; it is the southern most city in Highlands County.

The Housing Conditions Survey for Unincorporated Hillsborough County

The Housing Conditions Survey for unicorporated Hillsborough County represents a comprehensive document indicating the structural conditions of housing units and street/right-of-way conditions in Hillsborough County. These findings and results will benefit the citizens of Hillsborough County by providing needed base-line information to County staff and elected officials.

Zephyrhills Feasibility Study

This study was undertaken at the request of the City Council of Zephyrhills in order to investigate and evaluate six different sites within the municipality for a proposed new community center. A special urban design workshop at the FAMU/USF Cooperative M. Arch Program was established during the Spring 1990 term to accommodate the study which was generously supported by the government and people of Zephyrhills.

Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church - Investigation of Renovation

This report provides the congregation of Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church (St. Paul A.M.E.) with general cost estimates for varying degrees of renovation and restoration as well as cost comparisons for a new facility.

The Farm Workers Housing Demonstration Program

The state-wide concern for shortages of decent and affordable farm workers housing is particularyly manifest in South Hillsborough County. While much public attention has been drawn to urbanization goals and pressures in the South County, its agricultural activity represents a continuing strong component of the total income earned within the county as a whole.

The Farm Workers Housing Demonstration Program (Appendix A)

The state-wide concern for shortages of decent and affordable farm workers housing is particularyly manifest in South Hillsborough County. While much public attention has been drawn to urbanization goals and pressures in the South County, its agricultural activity represents a continuing strong component of the total income earned within the county as a whole.

The Farm Workers Housing Demonstration Program (Appendix D)

The state-wide concern for shortages of decent and affordable farm workers housing is particularyly manifest in South Hillsborough County. While much public attention has been drawn to urbanization goals and pressures in the South County, its agricultural activity represents a continuing strong component of the total income earned within the county as a whole.

The Farm Workers Housing Demonstration Program (Appendix E)

The state-wide concern for shortages of decent and affordable farm workers housing is particularyly manifest in South Hillsborough County. While much public attention has been drawn to urbanization goals and pressures in the South County, its agricultural activity represents a continuing strong component of the total income earned within the county as a whole.

The Farm Workers Housing Demostration Program (Appendix C)

The state-wide concern for shortages of decent and affordable farm workers housing is particularyly manifest in South Hillsborough County. While much public attention has been drawn to urbanization goals and pressures in the South County, its agricultural activity represents a continuing strong component of the total income earned within the county as a whole.

Data Bases Update for the Lake Placid Comprehensive Plan

The town of Lake Placid is located in the southern portion of Central Florida in an area that is characterized by unique rolling terrain and an abundance of natural inland fresh water lakes.

Manor House - Chinsegut Educational Conference Center

The proposed project will include all activities necessary to bring the structure up to a standard of historical 'correctness' and to enable it to continue to function as a venue for meetings and conference sponsored by the University of South Florida.

Summary of Issues, Problems, Policy Options and Recommendations for Future Planning

There are several key characteristics which may or may not be unique to the Town of Lake Placid; but are none-the-less significant with respect to its future.

The Overtown Connection

Over the past three decades the Overtown district in central Miami has witnessed the decline of once vital entertainment functions, residential property neglect and abandonment, fragmentation of neighborhoods by criss-crossing highways and rapid transit construction, and mounting socio-economic distress within the remaining population.

WINS - The Westside Neighborhood Strategy - Phase 1 Redevelopment Plan - Wins Area Analysis Plan II

The "Westside Neighborhood Strategy" involves comprehensive physical and economic revitalization in a broad target area of 720 acres with over 4,000 existing residents, who are predominately black. Known as the Goldsboro Community, the area is identified with a history of railroading operations and place of settlement for agricultural workers.

A Plan for Planning Florida's Capital Center

The FLORIDA CENTER for Urban Design and Research is pleased to respond here to a request for advice and assistance to the State of Florida Capital Center Planning Commision and the Department of General Services (DGS).

The Ybor Channel Area Concept Plan and Action Program

This proposal emanates from a number of conversations with major property owners and officers/members of the Ybor Channel Redevelopment Association, Inc., and it reflects substantial time spent in visiting the area, reviewing previously prepared map materials, and evaluating/designing a suitable study process for initiating comprehensive area revitalization initiatives.

The Westside Neighborhood Strategy

The "Westside Neighborhood Strategy", which is referred to with the abbreviated acronym "WINS" later in this proposal, addresses the need and opportunity for new housing construction and related neighborhood reinforcement actions in an area immediately south and west of Sanford's Central Business District (CBD).